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Yield of the fisheries of Oregon in 1923 by counties and species — Continued 



1 In addition to the above there were caught in the Molalla, Willamette, Columbia, and Yamhill Rivers 

 141,800 pounds of crawfish, valued at $12,000, bringing the grand total to 33,001,878 pounds, valued at 

 $3,516,971. 



CALIFORNIA 



The fisheries of California in 1923 employed 4,594 fishermen, 285 

 vessels, 1,306 power boats, and 135 sail and row boats, and yielded 

 262,523,771 pounds of fishery products, valued at $7,722,800. This 

 includes the fisheries prosecuted by California fishermen in waters 

 off the coast of Mexico, the total yield of which amounted to 23,954,- 

 007 pounds, valued at $1,479,447, in 1923. 



The vessel fishery of California employed 1,972 fishermen, sailing 

 on 285 vessels, all of which were gas vessels excepting 1 1 sailing from 

 San Francisco. Of these 5 were steamers in the paranzella fishery, 

 2 were schooners in the hand-line fishery, and 4 were steamers en- 

 gaged in w^haling. 



